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Patrick Degorce, an early Moderna investor and hedge-fund manager, reached out to Bancel after losing his wife to lung cancer, curious about the potential of mRNA for cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

"They ain't worried about the coal miners. We're just a number to them," added Hairston, who is a black lung patient himself.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

For Debbie Wills, who has spent nearly 40 years working with black lung patients at Valley Health Systems, the situation is all the more dire because the disease is "totally preventable."

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Moderna and Merck are also working on vaccines for non-small cell lung, bladder, kidney, pancreatic and gastric cancers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

On June 10, 1997, I received my gift of life, a double lung transplant that I have waited over two years for.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

Air pollution can stunt the growth of young children's lungs leaving them at an increased risk of asthma, heart disease, diabetes and even premature death.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

These workers are developing silicosis, a condition in which microscopic silica dust contained in the stone slabs they grind and polish is cutting up the inside of their lungs until the organs fail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Today, the park is Greenville’s heart and lungs, frequented by joggers, walkers and cyclists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

After being inhaled, they can pass from the lungs into the bloodstream and travel to organs throughout the body.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

If any one of them was still back at the farm, filling his or her lungs with deep breaths of fresh air, then I wouldn’t have to be standing here right now.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan